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W. DRUYUN May 23, 1933.

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m m E Tm N NY R Euw O W T I T WW Y B Patented May 23, 1933 PATENT OFFICE WOLF D-RUYUN, OF LGS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TABLE Application filed. November 27, 1931.

My invention relates to a type of table which may be changed in character from one type of table to another and also may be changed to form a bench or low seat, and by another change in the construction may be used as a mantle piece, or as a wall panel and stand for bric-a-brac.

An object and feature of my invention is the construction of a table which, with the leaves arranged in a narrow formation, may have the type of a library table, such being a comparatively narrow and long table. This table may be adjusted by extending the two side leaves outwardly to form a wide table relative to its length and thus be used as a dining table. In this type of construction I have a center leaf which lifts and lowers and two side leaves. lVhen the center leaf is lowered and the two side leaves drawn together until their inner edges engage, my construction will form an elongated narrow library table but when the center leaf is raised and the side leaves are extended outwardly, the table may conveniently form a dining table.

Another object and feature of my invention is a construction by which the table may be materially lowered in height and for such purposes the table when used as a library or dining room table has, preferably, two end legs with a connecting board at the bottom and to make a low bench or seat these two end legs may be removed with their connecting board and four short detachable legs may be substituted, these short legs fitting at the corner and .with the leaves in their contracted position as in forming a library table. I may thus construct a narrow,

elongated bench or seat. These short legs are readily attachable and detachable and provided with a housing structure on the table construction so that when they are not in use they will be out o-fsight but may be quickly secured to the table to .make the bench.

A further object and feature of my invention is the use of the table top when extended to form a dining table to disconnect the table legs and the bottom board connecting such legs, attaching this board to one end of the extensible table top and using such board as Serial No. 577,583.

a shelf, the table top being adapted to form a panel which may be placed against a wall and thus the device be utilized in the manner of a mantle piece or wall panel for supporting bric-a-brac.

My invention is illustrated in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of my table arranged in the form of a dining table;

Fig. 2 is a partial longitudinal vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a partial horizontal section on the line 33 of Fig. 2 in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 1 is a horizontal section looking up substantially on the line 4t4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of my table when arranged as a library table;

Fig. 6 is a detailed elevation partly in section showing the connection of the table legs to the table;

Fig. 7 is a detailed vertical section showing the conection of the table legs and the connecting shelf;

Fig. 8 is a detailed perspective view of one end of the shelf;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a bench or a low seat formed from the library table;

Fig. 10 is a detailed vertical section taken on the line 10-1O of Fig. 9 in the direction of the arrows, showing the attachment of the legs;

Fig. 11 is a detailed perspective view on the line 11-11 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows, showing the bench legs in their housed position;

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the table when arranged as a wall panel or mantle piece;

Fig. 13 is a detailed vertical section on the line 1313 of Fig. 12 in the direction of the arrows;

Referring to the construction of the table when used as a dining or a library table. I employ two legs 11 having each an enlarged foot 12 and a head piece 13, each of which has a socket 14 at the top (note Fig. 6), with a pin 15 fitted in this socket and each of which has a latch hook16 secured therea notch and pin connection 26. In this 111 1111 nor the table legs aresecured to the frame portion. These legs are kept properly spaced by a shelf 27, which shelf has a metal strap 28 at the end, the strap having horizontal notches 29 and the ends of the boards having vertical notches 30. These notches engage the upwardly extending end '31 of an angle hook 32 secured to the legs on the inside (note Figs. 7 and 8). This construction allows the shelf to be readily disconnected from the legs and the legs to be read- .ily disconnected from the frame board 19.

The aprons 22 are provided with an elongated recess 33 to accommodate the center leaf 34 of the table top when this is in its lowermost position, the ends of this leaf resting in this notch, the remainder of the table top being made up of the sliding outside leaves and 36, these leaves having pins and dowels at their meeting edges. The outer leaves 35 and 36 have depending pins or brackets 37 which are secured to rack bars 38 (note Figs. 2 and these rack bars operating each in a guide 39 secured to the top surface of the frame portion 19. This frame portion has a journal 40 extending upwardly therefrom at about the center through. which extends a vertical shaft 41 to which is secured the gear 42 which meshes with the racks. A crank 43 with a handle 44 rotates in a horizontal plane below the frame portion 19 and operates the rack in and out in accordancewith a desire to contract or extend the table. The extensible leaves 86 and 35 are guided by means of a vertically depending guide portion 45 secured to the frame portion 19 at each end and extending upwardly, and on each side of this there are boards 46 and 47 secured to theunder side of the extension leaves and having av sliding lit on opposite sides of the fixed guide 45. hercfore, when the gear 42 is rotated and the racks are moved,'the pull or thrust of the pins 37 causes the outer leaves to move in and out.

These'lea-ves, however, can only be moved inwardly when the center leaf 34 is dropped. The provision for this comprises a slot 48 extending longitudinally of the center portion 20 of the frame portion 19, this slothaving beveled upper edges 49. A pivot shaft 50 extends across this slot and has a double ended rocking lever 51pivoted thereon. To

each end of this lever there is pivotally connected a link 52. Such link extends to a bracket 53 on hinged lifting and lowering cam blocks 54, these having a hinge 55 connected to the frame portion 19. The pivot shaft 50 extends to one side of the center portion 20 of 'the'frame portion and has a rocking crank 56 connected thereto and a handle 57. Thus by reaching underneath the table a person may rock the rock shaft 50 which will cause a push or a pull on the links 52, thus folding the cam blocks 54 downwardly on their hinge or pulling these up.

'lVhen they are lowered the center leaf 34 is allowed to drop and, as above mentioned, fits in the recess 33. The side leaves of the table are provided with depending skirts 58, these being for the purpose of obscuring a view of the mechanism underneath the table. It will, therefore, be seen by this construction that by first operating the rock shaft 50 the center leaf 84 may be raised or lowered and then by rotating the vertical shaft 41 by means of the crank 43, the outer leaves may be moved inward or out, thus readily changing the table from the type illustrated in Fig. 1, that is. a dining table, to the type illustrated in Fig. 5, such being a library table type.

T he table when in this library table form may have the legs 11 and the shelf 2? dis-- connected therefrom in the manner above described and may be supported on bench legs 59. Each of these bench legs has a leg piece 60 secured, preferably. to av metal cross head 61 (note Figs. 10 and 11). Each crosshead has a horizontal notch 62 at one end and a vertical notch 63 at the other end. The notch 52 engages the pin 64 secured inside of the skirt 58 and the notch 63 accommos dates a second pin 65 also on the inside of this skirt. A contraction spring 66 secured at one end to the skirt 58 and at the other end to the leg piece 60 holds these legs in position and thus the library table top structure may be lowered and supported on these short legs and used as a bench or elongated stool. lVhen it is desired to house these short legs they are disconnected from the pins 64 and swung upwardly on the pins 65, the legs extending toward each other and being attached together by a flexible strap 67 attached to the center portion of the skirt 58 of the table top.

To use the table as a wall panel or mantle piece of Figs, 12 and 13, the legs 11 and the shelf 27 are removed and, if desired, the short legs 59 may also be disconnected although this is not necessary. .The shelf 27 is provided with an elongated slot 68, which slot fits on a tongue 69 on one end of each of the tableleaves 34, 35, and 36. A hook 70 is pivoted at 71 to the under side and the back of the shelf 27 at each end and each hook engages a pin 7 2 secured to the skirt 58 on each side of each end of the skirt. This hook stiffens the shelf and prevents this from tilting on the tongue 69 as well as attaching 1t firmly in place. The table top then forms a large panel indicated at 73 in Fig. 12, which may be placed with one end on the floor, that is, one end of the leaves 34, 35, and 36 rests on the floor and the wide end portions 74 of the shelf may engage a wall surface, thus holding this panel substantially vertical and allowing placing of bric-a-brac or other ornaments on the shelf 27 when in this elevated position.

Another important feature of my table and the manner of assembling and disassembling same is that it may be readily packed for shipping and storage. The table may be contracted into the narrow position shown n Fig. 5, that is, the library table form, and in this form the small legs 59 for the benchare folded upwardly into their housed position. The main legs 11 and the shelf 27 may be removed. This shelf fits underneath the frame portion 19 and may be hooked in place with hooks connecting between the shelf and the frame. The legs 11 fit between the frame board 19 and the lowered center leaf 34, these extending transversely across the table, and are secured in place in any desired manner.

In order to give the table legs a rigid connection to the table frame and, hence, to the top. there are two hooks 16 on the outside of the legs securing to the outside of the apron 22 and two hooks 23 embedded in the material of the legs and of the table top.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A table having a table frame with a table top formed of a center and two side leaves, a pair of cam blocks pivotally mounted in the frame with means to raise and lower said blocks, said blocks forming a support for the center leaf and in the lowered position lowering such leaf, a vertical shaft having a gear thereon, a pair of racks operated by the gear, and each rack being connected to one of the outer leaves to move such leaves inwardly or outwardly, the cam blocks each having a link connected thereto and such link being connected to a rocking lever, the rocking lever being mounted on a rock shaft, with means to rock said shaft.

2. A table having a table frame with a table top positioned thereabove, such top having a center and two side leaves, a guide means for transverse movement of the side leaves, a pair of cam blocks pivotally mounted on the frame forming a support for the center leaf, a link connected to each cam block, such links being connected to a pivotally mounted rock lever, such rock lever being mounted on a shaft, and means underneath the table top to oscillate said shaft, a vertical shaft having a crank connected thereto, a gear on such shaft, and a rack bar connected to the gear and secured to each of the outer leaves whereby rotation of the crank shaft moves the rack bars and hence operates the outer leaves inwardly or outwardly.

3. A table as claimed in claim 2, the table frame having a frame board extending longitudinally of the table below the center leaf, such board having an elongated slot with a rock lever pivotally mounted on such board, said board having slots, and one of the links extending through such slot.

4. Atable having a'table frame with a frame board extending longitudinally of the table and with an apron extending upwardly at each end, a transverse guide means mounted on the frame board, a center and two side leaves, the side leaves being mounted 011 a guide means, a pair of cam blocks pivotally mounted on the frame board, a rock lever having links connected thereto and to said blocks. the center leaf resting on said cam blocks, av vertical shaft journaled in the frame board having a gear thereon, a rack bar slidably mounted on the frame board and engaging the gear for each leaf, and a leaf connected to each rack bar, whereby on rotation of said shaft and gear the rack bars are operated to move the side leaves outwardly or inwardly, theapron having a recess to support the center leaf when lowered.

5. A table as claimed in claim 4, the table frame having a pair oflegs detachably connected thereto, a second set of short legs'connected to the side leaves, said second set of legs being mounted'to house underneath the outer leaves when the first pair of legs are used, and having means to connect said legs to the. outer leaves in operative position to support the table top bv four legs, such table top being in its contracted position with the two'side leaves uppermost.

6. A table as claimed in claim 4, the side leaves having a depending skirt on their outer edge and each skirt having a second pair of legs, such legs being siorter than the first pair detachably connected thereto, with means to house said legs behind the skirts or to have the legs depending with the leg section vertical and the crosshead horizontal, with means to attach the crosshead to the skirt in both positions whereby the table in its contracted position may be supported on the second set of four legs.

7. A table as claimed in claim 4, the pair of legs being connected by a shelf underneath the table frame, such shelf being detachably connected to the legs, and means to attach the shelf after detachment of the legs to one end of the table leaves, the other end of the table leaves forming a support for the table top in a substantially vertical position with the shelf in a substantially horizontal position. i

8. A table as claimed in claim 4, the two legs of the table being connected by a shelf formed of aboard with a longitudinal slot therein, the shelf being detachably connected to the legs, said slot fitting on the ends of the table leaves after removal of the table legs and the shelf from its lowermost position, and the table being adapted to be supported with the leaves in a vertical position on the end opposite to that having the shelf.

9. A table having a table frame with a frame board for extending longitudinally of the table, a guide means mounted on the frame board, a center and two side leaves, the side leaves being mounted on the guide means, with means to move said leaves outwardly, a pair of cam blocks pivotally mounted on the frame board, a rock lever having links connected thereto and to said blocks, a center leaf resting on the cam blocks, and means to rock said cam blocks to raise and lower the center leaf.

10. A table having a table frame with a table top formed of a cent-er and two side leaves, a pair ofcam blocks pivotally mounted in the frame, said blocks forming a support for the center leaf, and in the lowered position lowering such leaf, a link connected to each cam block, each link being connected to a rocking lever, said rocking lever being mounted on a rock shaft, and means to rock said shaft for raising and lowering the center leaf.

11. A table having a lowertable frame board, a table top supported thereabove and having a center and two side leaves, a pair of cam blocks pivotally mounted on the frame board and spaced apart to engage the center leaf adjacent opposite sides, a link connected to each cam block, each link being connected to a rocking lever, and means to rock said lever to raise and lower the center leaf.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WOLF DRUYUN. 

